K40 6.5A (Vinh Modded) Just In & Tested

Very nice!! I can’t wait to see the pictures from this all out thrower event!!

are any of your shockers, tom E ’s super shockers by any chance? i have one of those coming too, and would be nice to see how that pairs up with the rest of the troop

394K is awesome for this light really due to the shorter and narrower reflector. Might as well say that’s 400K on most days. And that’s a steal for the price.

Thanks for the post.

I am going to test again this evening at 14-15m and see if the number goes up at all

How do the hotspots compare size-wise? I believe he said the K40 has a bigger one, right? Would leaving the dome on make for a wider hotspot? Thanks.

i got 364 on mine at 15meters - average of 6 tests

30k difference could easily be my meter or your meter. Or a healthier bin. Or weather even. We’re in the same ballpark.

Brother, who was operating the lights, said they were very close, but the K40’s spot looked slightly bigger.

Yes, two sort of. Mine has the stock driver but full Tom magic otherwise. Measured 3740 lumens and 181k. Brother just got his super shocker today from Tom. His has the IOS driver and is appx 4400 lumens and 220k with Samsung 20r’s. I have Keeppower 3400 protected in mine. Brothers doesn’t have his AR lens yet.

+/- 10% is acceptable - my meter reads a hair low if anything so i have always stood by its numbers since they are conservative if anything.

led bins vary so does driver efficiency etc.

I am currently emailing vinh about a vostro mod to 6.5a

he is intrigued by reflector size and host

here we go again guys

I received my Vinh modded Supbeam K40 and I'm quite impressed. Can't wait for it to get dark so I can take it outside.

One question for you... for mine, if I go into strobe mode, I can't go back into any of the other modes. Not without turning the light off completely via the main switch.

Is this also the case with yours?

I just checked mine and it does not do that. I can go back and forth from strobe and level six.

I can go freely into or out of any mode

Hmm, well, that's something. Not big deal really... I don't use strobe, but still it's odd. Just emailed Wayne to see what he says.

For me, I have the 6 modes, and standby, works perfectly with that. Once I go into strobe though, going back into any of the other modes, it stays on strobe.

A quick click on/off brings it back to the mode it's supposed to be in though.

Heard back from Wayne. He's offered to fix or swap it.

That said though, I don't know how I'm going to bring myself to send it back.

I took it outside, and it absolutely, embarrassingly blew away my other throwers. I thought the Armytek Barracuda might hold up, or the Crelant with the Aspheric. Nope. Not even close. The K40 just obliterates them.

Beamshots posted up with many other lights -

Mouseout for K40 / Mouseover for TN31

Very nice, congrats! It’s certainly a heck of a light.

What touchups did Vihn do to the battery carrier?

IE, that’s a bit weird indeed, mine doesn’t do that either.

Truthfully, I don’t notice any. He might have beefed up the springs, but I didn’t see it before hand.
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Thanks for the mouse over Joe. The TN31 does have the edge, but they are but very impressive.